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The Scomnog Man
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Obviously, she was in the middle of performing brain surgery at Local Hospital when they suddenly ran out of gauze and she had to run out to Costco to pick up a carton. Her car broke down in the parking lot and she desperately needed a ride back. She only had 15 minutes left to get back to the hospital, finish the surgery and vacate the OR because it had been booked for a "Twilight"-themed Sweet 16 party and the band and caterer needed to set up.

and that is why, when people stop me in the parking lot next to my car with a veterinary-type license plate, and say "excuse me, are you a vet?" I just say "nope, my husband is, this is his car" and drive away.

I used to work in the legal field. Generally we try to work in a different neighborhood from the one we live in. When we do have a chance encounter with a client, it results in some comical hiding or hasty departures.

The nice thing about practicing -psychiatry- in a remote area is that people generally leave you the hell alone.

The bad thing about practicing blahblahblah is that sometimes they shout at you across the store from the pharmacy, "HEY, SILVER, I NEED MY HALDOL REFILLED, JOE THE PHARMACIST SAID HE FAXED YOU BUT I GUESS YOU'RE WORKING THE OTHER CLINIC TODAY, CAN YOU COME OVER HERE AND OKAY IT?"

Either very well-defined boundaries or very.... permeable boundaries. And, really, do I want Patient X non-Haldolized?I do not.

I figure if I do that, he's less likely to accost the neurologist in the parking lot.

Welcome to my whining!

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